Combination desk and chair



Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATESI PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINATION DESK AND GI-IAIE.

Appncauon filea aprii 2,

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoN'rAeUn WILLLAM KYNoH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Regina, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combnation Desks and Chairs, of which the follow'- ing is a specification.

This inventon relates to improvements in combined book-keeping desks and chairs, and the objects of the inventon are to pro-- vide an eflicient and economically constructed office desk of this character in which a chair is readily adjusted towards or away from the desk and longitudinally of the desk.

Further objects are the provision of a combined desk and chair of the character described in which the several parts will more satisfactorily perform the various functions required of them.

W'it-h the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventon consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as described in the present specilication and illustrated by the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure:

Figure 1 is a side elevati'on of an emloodiment of my inventon.

Figure 2 is a sectional detail, partly in elevation, of the rolling device for the chair.

In the drawings, A designates a desk of any suitable construction, and B a chair. The chair B is provided w'ith castors 10 on each leg, while on the centre spar 11 of the chair is a forked frame 12 adapted to fit on each side of a ral or track 13 hereinafter more fully referred to. Within the forked portion of the frame is a suitably mounted aXle 111 on which a rubber-faced roller 15 designed, as illustrated, to contact with the surface of the ral 13, the frame 12 acting as a guide along the rail.

This ral 13 is sup-ported on any suitable means, here shown in the form of a stand 17 1924. Serial No. 703,730.

with supporting legs 18, and is designed to eXtend longitudinally of the desk and spaced therefrom, as Lmay be arranged, so thatthe chair, by means of the roller contacting with the ral and casters contacting with the floor, is easily moved backwards and forwards parallel along the desk and at a predetermined distance therefrom. To adjust and retain the ral and thereby the chair at a predetermined distance from the desk, I provide extensible plates 19 fixedly secured respectively to the desk and to the ral at 20 and at 21, and also provided with a thumbscrew 22 for adjustment purposes and for holding the plates when adjusted fixedly in position. j

From the foregoing, the operation and advantages of my improved combination desk and chair will be apparrent and it will be readily understood that the inventon can be adapted to any form of desk or chair, and particularly to chairs associated with drawing tables or desks of considerable length.

As many changes could be made'in the above construction and many -apparently widely different embodiments of my inventon, within the scope of the clam, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the acconrpanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

lVhat I claim as my inventon is:

The combination with a. work element such as a desk or the like, of a. guide rail movably supported above the ground and parallel therewith, and adjustable extensible means connecting the work element with the rail, a chair having legs provided with castors to engage with the ground and also having ntermediate the seat and said castors a guideway adapted to slidably engage with said guide ral, and shock absorbing roller means carried by said guideway and engaging said guide rail.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

MONTAGUE WILLIAM KYNCI-I. 

